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78 Starr Street, Brooklyn, NY 11237

Built 1931 · 3-story walk-up · 6 apartments

3 open violations, none immediately hazardous.

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Open violations
33
Public record
Updated yesterdayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

Violations issued each year
YearHazardousNon-hazardous
202200
202300
202400
202510
2026 so far00

Plus 7 violations from 2003 to 2021. Counted when issued, whether open or fixed since. Paperwork left out.

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Open per apartment
0.5 (3 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
10 Sept 2025 (visits that find nothing are not published)
What do these labels mean?
Tenant-reported
A resident's firsthand account of living here, moderated before it publishes, and labelled with whether we verified they lived there.
Official violation
A city inspector visited and recorded a code violation. HPD's own words, and its own hazard class.
Public complaint
A complaint somebody made to a city system, through HPD or 311. A report, not a finding: nobody has necessarily inspected it.
Public filing
A permit, a registration, a bedbug report: a document the owner filed with the city because the law requires it.
Court record
A Housing Court case HPD brought against the owner, or an eviction a city marshal carried out. A court's record: a case is an allegation until it ends in a finding.
Insufficient data
Not enough current information here to infer a pattern either way.

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Heat season

No heat or hot-water complaints or violations were recorded here last winter (2025–26). That is the city's record: it only holds what somebody reported.

WinterDaysComplaintsViolations
2025–26000

The rules, 1 October to 31 May: from 6am to 10pm, when it is below 55°F outside, the apartment must be at least 68°F; overnight it must be at least 62°F whatever the weather. Hot water must be at least 120°F all year. A tenant without heat can report it to 311.

Rent stabilization

Public filing

This building is not on the state's list of buildings with rent-stabilized apartments for 2024. That is not proof none are: an owner who did not register is missing from the list too.

Source: Rent Guidelines Board building list, from the state's 2024 registrations. To know about one apartment, a tenant can ask the state for its rent history through Ask HCR.

City violations

Official violation

Hazardous3 open

Class B. A hazardous condition: a leak, mould, a defective floor. The owner has 30 days to correct it.

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective concrete tread 3rd from bottom at building front at stoop

    Issued 10 Sept 2025Notice sent out 10 Sept 2025§ 27-2005

  • Discontinue use of rooms for living, disconnect plumbing fixtures and properly seal pipe connections water closet, and wash basin in conjunction with an apartment at cellar

    Issued 24 Apr 2021First no access to re- inspect violation 11 Jul 2022Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2081

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of sheetrock and studs erected from floor to ceiling creating extra room at cellar

    Issued 24 Apr 2021Not complied with 5 Jul 2022Floors and stairs§ 27-2005 +1

Paperwork and notices2 open

The owner failed to file something the city requires, most often the annual property registration or the annual bedbug report. Real violations, and they say something about an owner, but not a condition anyone is living in. Kept out of the count at the top of this page for that reason.

  • Post and maintain a proper sign on wall of entrance story showing the registration number assigned by the department and the address of the building. at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 29 Mar 2021Not complied with 5 Jul 2022Paperwork and notices§ 27-2104

  • Dept. rules and regs. provide a completed certificate of inspection visits in a proper frame at or near mailboxes, bottom edge of frame between 48-62 inches above floor missing at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 29 Mar 2021Not complied with 5 Jul 2022Paperwork and notices§ 329

5 closed violations, plus 12 closed paperwork filings

Closed means HPD recorded the violation as corrected, or dismissed it. Both appear here, because the difference matters and only HPD’s own status line says which it was.

  • Abate the infestation consisting of rodents rat excreta in the entire apartment, 1st story at east

    Issued 24 Apr 2021Violation closed 5 Jul 2022Pests§ 27-2017.4

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color..the ceiling in the bathroom upper level, 1st story at south

    Issued 29 Mar 2021Violation closed 5 Jul 2022Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Replace or repair the self-closing the doors that is missing or defective.. in the entrance, 1st story at south

    Issued 29 Mar 2021Violation closed 5 Jul 2022Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2044

  • Properly repair the broken or defective electrical heater in the 3rd room from north lower level, 1st story at south

    Issued 29 Mar 2021Violation closed 5 Jul 2022Electrical§ 27-2005

  • Post notice, in form approved by the department, stating the name and location of the person designated by the owner to have key to buildings heating system - on wall at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 20 Dec 2003Violation closed 5 Jul 2022Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

22 violations on record in total, 5 of them open. The count at the top of this page counts habitability violations only.

Complaints to the city

Public complaint

Complaints are reports made to the city. They are not confirmed findings. They come from HPD and from 311, and the same problem can appear more than once if more than one neighbour called.

4 complaints in three years, 1 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Garbage and cleanliness1 / 1
  • Doors and windows0 / 1
  • Mold and damp0 / 1
  • Noise0 / 1

Last twelve months / last three years. The solid part of each bar is the last twelve months.

Court records

Court record

Housing Court cases

Cases the city’s housing department (HPD) brought against the owner, usually to force repairs or restore heat. A case is an allegation; where the court recorded an outcome, it is shown.

2 cases, all closed.

  • Tenant Action

    Opened 9 Sept 2005

  • Tenant Action

    Opened 9 Sept 2005

Evictions

Residential evictions carried out by a city marshal since 2017. Most follow a case for unpaid rent, so a count here is not by itself a finding about the building or the landlord. We show how many, never which apartment.

No marshal evictions recorded at this building since 2017.

Filings

Public filing

Building permits

No permit currently in force. 1 permit filed in the last five years.

Show 1 expired or finished

  • General Construction

    Filing general construction as per plans

    Issued 9 Feb 2022Expired 29 Apr 2022

Annual bedbug report

Every multiple dwelling in New York must file this once a year. A report of zero infested units is good news. No report is not: failing to file is itself a violation.

  • 2025No infested units reported (2024 report)
Show 1 earlier report
  • 2022No infested units reported (2021 report)

Ownership and management

Public filing

Associations come from registration records and may be incomplete. Owners register with HPD once a year, so a change of hands can go unrecorded for a full cycle.

  • Registered managing agent

    SAMUEL LANDAU

    Public records list SAMUEL LANDAU as the registered managing agent for this address as of 1 Oct 2025. Source: HPD registration.

    Other buildings listed under this agent (2 in the records we hold)

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  • Owner of record

    78 STARR LLC

    Public records list 78 STARR LLC as the owner of record for this address as of 1 Oct 2025. Source: HPD registration.

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What to ask at the viewing

Drawn from this building’s record above. They are questions, not conclusions: the point is to find out, in the twenty minutes you get inside, what the public record cannot tell you.

  1. The city has 3 open hazardous violations on this building. Ask which apartments they concern and what has been done since.
  2. The owner has filed a bedbug report for this building (most recently for the year ending 2025). Ask when the building was last treated, how often an exterminator comes, and whether treatment covers the whole line of apartments or only the one that complained.
  3. Leaks and plumbing come up on this building's record. Ask which apartments were affected and whether the cause was ever found: 0 complaints in the last twelve months.
  4. Ask what the deposit is, exactly what can be deducted from it, and how and when it comes back.
  5. Ask who to call when something breaks, what happens after hours and at weekends, and how long a repair normally takes.

Ask for anything that matters in writing; an email after the viewing is enough. We are not your lawyer and this is not legal advice.

Questions about this building

BBL 3031970012 · Block 3197, Lot 12 · Building class C2